In protest of school choice advocate Betsy DeVos becoming the next education secretary, some liberals threatened to homeschool their children. Lost on them, apparently, is the irony of that threat.
I used to make fun of homeschooling but now we live in OPPOSITE LAND, where homeschooling may soon be the only way to learn science
— VoidBurger ???? (@VoidBurger) February 7, 2017
@POTUS @BetsyDeVos thank you for confirming our choice to start homeschooling!
— Nicole Snyder (@MommaRox420) February 7, 2017
*looks up how to home school kids* https://t.co/GHr6Zgto1E
— Baeslee ? (@BronzeSkin_Jay) February 7, 2017
Conservatives were quick to notice.
The left: "#DeVos is unqualified. She's for school choice. I'm homeschooling my kids!"#SheDidntEvenHaveToLiftAFinger
— KiraAynDavis (@RealKiraDavis) February 8, 2017
DeVos, who’s invested in charter and private schools and called for their expansion, is also a big proponent of homeschooling, arguing that it’s “another perfectly valid educational option.”
“We've seen more and more people opt for homeschooling, including in urban areas. What you're seeing is parents who are fed up with their lack of power to do anything about where their kids are assigned to go to school. To the extent that homeschooling puts parents back in charge of their kids' education, more power to them,” she said in a 2013 interview with Philanthropy magazine.